How Stretch Film Can Help Protect Your Suitcase at the Airport

For people who fly regularly, this issue is especially relevant. When we check an unpacked suitcase as baggage, we risk getting it back badly damaged or finding that some personal items are missing, because they appealed to dishonest airport staff.

At all major airports, they offer to wrap a suitcase in thick film, but why pay four dollars (that is how much this service costs, for example, in Egypt) for something you can do yourself? That is, first. Second, if you arrive on a night flight, you may not even meet the people who wrap suitcases – this service is not offered around the clock at all airports.

After all, if you have stretch film, it is not that difficult to pack your baggage yourself with its help. It is enough to understand a few simple rules, and the packing made by your own hands will be no different from a service one.

Stretch film and packing a suitcase: how is it done?

When packing a suitcase with film, remember the following:

• no additional adhesives are needed - stretch film electrifies perfectly and sticks to the applied layers;
• the first layer of film should be applied without tension, the next ones with some effort;
• when winding the film, make sure that no wrinkles form on the surface and that the edges of the layers do not stick together;
• wind each next layer with a slight shift so that the baggage surface is covered with film evenly;
• if wrinkles still appear, gently smooth them down on the suitcase with your palm;
• cover all elements protruding above the surface – wheels, handles and supports – with film as well, and then simply make cuts in it with scissors.

There is another simple but effective “life hack”. When unpacking the suitcase, simply make a few cuts in the film and take the suitcase out of it, preserving the overall shape of the “package”. With these actions, before the return trip you will be able to pack the suitcase in the same film again, simply securing the cut places with tape. In this way, the same piece of film can be used twice.

If you are planning to start your trip, it makes sense to find out where stretch film is sold in the capital wholesale or retail. Wholesale and retail, at the most pleasant prices, stretch film is sold in online stores that cooperate with film manufacturers. You can learn more about prices for wholesale purchases of stretch film in Kyiv on the website of the online store Dolya.